Lara wrote:
<<
 >  Judy LeVan Fram wrote... It's more wordy, but something like the risk is
"feeding your baby  anything  other than your milk,"  or "risks of anything
other than your
 > milk/mother's milk/human milk"...

 How about "risks of artificial feeding"?

 Lara Hopkins >>

Lara,
That brings up the old query as to what "artificial feeding" means, and how
to use the phrase:  for some it means anything other than breastfeeding,
including breastmilk feeding by bottle ( but perhaps not breastmilk supplementation
exclusively at breast.) since bottles are not real, are not breasts. For
others it means " commercial formula" and any other kind, while for others it means
commercial but not individually made home formulations ( made with "natural"
ingredients.)   For others the word "artificial" is too jarring and once a
mother hears someone referring to what she wants to feed her baby as
"artificial", they turn off. I sometimes wonder if instead of "formula" ( which is too
accepted now as a positive or benign thing) or "artificial feeding" ( which lacks
recognition as well) we might be saying exactly what the stuff is: Formulated
Human Milk Replacement. That way it seems cleared that "formula" is not
something that stands alone, but only exists to serve as a replacement for the real
thing...
Judy LeVan Fram, PT, IBCLC, Brooklyn, USA, who may wonder too much...:)

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